In the sting, Mahmood posed as a film producer and plied Miss Contostavlos with alcohol during a meeting at the Metropolitan Hotel in London, as they discussed getting her an acting role alongside Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio.

Defence lawyer John Kelsey-Fry QC told jurors the whole sting was about exposing the pop star’s private face ‘smoking weed’ and ‘arranging cocaine for mates’ set against her public persona as a ‘role model’.